Herbert Green Physical Education

Welcome to the HGMS Life Fitness Department!

Teachers:

Our Life Fitness Department Mission:

Our mission is to provide a positive, fun, safe, and enriching environment for students to develop physical and social skills needed to live a long, healthy, and active life.

Participation, Personal Responsibility, Positive Sporting Behaviors, and Positive Attitude

Team Sports/Activities: Badminton, Basketball, Flag Football, Floor Hockey, Team Handball, Pickleball, Soccer, Speedball, Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee
Individual Sports/Activities: Aerobic Conditioning, Circuit Training, Disc Golf, Fitnessgram, Line Dance, Track and Field
Cooperative Activities: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Activities, Create-a-Dance, Obstacle Course Relay, Social Dance, Trust and Learner-Design Games

Sweatshirt: HGMS or plain gray sweatshirt (no logos, hoods, zippers, or pockets)
Sweatpants: HGMS or plain black sweatpants (no logos, stripes, or pockets)

Students are required to dress EVERY DAY in THEIR OWN Life Fitness uniform. For hygiene reasons, students are not allowed to wear another student’s uniform.
To ensure proper hygiene, the uniform is to be worn during the students Life Fitness class only and not throughout the day.
School clothes may NOT be worn underneath the life fitness uniform.
All uniforms must be labeled with permanent black ink only - Last name followed by first initial. All names must be clearly printed on each item. NO OTHER MARKINGS ALLOWED.
Uniforms are not to be ripped, torn, altered or written on inappropriately. Any clothing that is ripped, torn, or altered must be replaced.
Shorts must be worn at waist level (no sagging).
During the cold weather months, sweats are recommended. They can be purchased in the HGMS main office.
Solid gray sweatshirt and navy blue or black sweatpants may also be worn. The student’s last name and first initial must be clearly marked on the sweats. No hoods, zippers, pockets, or logos on sweats.
Laced athletic shoes are required and will be tied for function not fashion.
No gloves or beanies will be worn during Life Fitness.
Clothes are brought home on Thursday/Friday and returned on Monday/Tuesday.

When students forget to bring their uniforms to school, they will be provided with a clean “loaner uniform” to use during their class period.
At the beginning of class, students will report to the locker room office to check out a “loaner”.
At the end of class, students will check the uniform back into the office.
If a “loaner” is lost or not turned in, the student will be responsible for replacing the loaner and will be assigned a detention.
The third loaner, and each thereafter per trimester, will result in a detention and a loss of merits.

All 7th and 8th grade students will be issued a lock and locker. Lost locks will be replaced at $10 charge.
Students are responsible for the contents of the locker at all times. Teachers are NOT responsible for any lost or stolen items.
Backpacks are not to be on the floor of the locker room.
To prevent theft, lockers are to be locked at all times (before, during and after class).
Lockers are to be kept clean and free of stickers, writing, and glass mirrors.
No horseplay, running or screaming in the locker room.
No glass, aerosol containers, perfume, food or drink in the locker room.
Never give out your locker combination to anyone!
Only use the locker you have been assigned. Another student’s locker will not be opened for you.

A student is tardy when he/she:

The school policy will go into effect when a student is marked tardy.

Students earn points for the following activities:

Conditioning will be held once per week. The students rotate between the following activities:

If a student cannot fully participate in Life Fitness, a written note from the parent should be brought to class. The note should state the following:
1. Type of injury
2. Limitations
3. Accommodations
A parent note is only valid for 1 Day.
A doctor’s note is required for any limitation that extends beyond three days.
Activity modifications will be made for a student that cannot fully participate in Life Fitness.
Students are responsible to follow the guidelines set forth by the doctor’s recommendation for limitation.
Students that require an inhaler must have written consent on file with the nurse, and keep inhaler with them in class to use as needed.

A missed Aerobic Conditioning day must be made-up by running a mile on Friday after school (2:15) or other time agreed upon with your students teacher
Extended medical excuses will be addressed individually by the student’s teacher.

For a short term medical excuse (up to 2 weeks) on non-aerobic conditioning days, students will be given an alternative assignment to complete in the library during Life Fitness time.
For missed aerobic conditioning days, the student will make the days up once he/she returns to class.

If a student has a doctor’s note excusing him/her from Life Fitness long term (i.e., longer than two weeks), the student will be provided an alternative assignment to complete in the library during Life Fitness time.
If the extended absence still allows the student to participate in Life Fitness for 75% of the trimester (9+ weeks), the student will earn a letter grade based on their Life Fitness activities’ grades as well as the alternative assignment.
If the student participates in Life Fitness less than 75% of the time (less than 9 weeks), he/she will be given an alternative assignment to complete while in the library during Life Fitness. The grade will then be pass or fail, and not a letter grade. They will not be asked to make up additional runs; their grade will be based solely on the alternative assignment.
If the student is out on medical leave for a whole trimester or year, a NM (no mark) grade will be recorded on the report card for Life Fitness.

In alignment with the California State Standards for Physical Education, students will be assessed on the components of health-related physical fitness using the scientifically based ‘Fitnessgram’ assessment.

If a student is caught cheating, the consequence will be a ‘0’ on the activity or assignment.